"Guess what Boloco - there's no one in town because most companies care for their employees and told them to stay home.

"These "yes, we're open" emails are starting to make you all look like dirtbags."

"What are you a bunch of idiots!!!!! Not only are you putting the lives of

your staff at risk, you are now trying to get customers to come in and put

their lives at risk. For what????? A couple dollars. You have got to be the

biggest bunch of a**holes I've ever heard of..."

"Well, smarten up, and close! No point in putting employees at risk..."

"I'd hate for your employees to have to sleep in the booths in their respective restaurants. Please, please send them home."

For the record, we have allowed all team members who need or want to go home to do so. Many didn't come this morning. For those who stay, we have offered to pay for taxi fares home and offered to give them rides (I have offered to drive people myself).

We have no visions of making great chunks of money today. We won't. No, we stay open because we employ people on an hourly basis who rely on Boloco being open to pay their bills and care for their families. When we close, they make no money.

As long as we all, collectively, deem it to be safe for our team members to be at work and can provide team members with safe and reliable transportation home, we will always opt to give them a chance to earn the income they need.

I'm sorry that that yet another email has now been added to your endless inboxes, but I thought some of you would appreciate an honest explanation and apology for this misunderstanding.

Stay safe everyone. We'll take care of ourselves, our families, and our team members, and you do the same for you and yours!

Sincerely,

John Pepper

CEO & Co-Founder

Boloco

PS. If you have some spare time and are interested in learning more about what makes Boloco tick, feel free to watch "Our Story at 15"... link is here